Artlines Artlines Winter 2011 [email protected] www.nationalwca.org Women’s Caucus for Art 2011 Conference Live Space: women · art · activism NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 10–14 The Women’s Caucus for Art 2011 Conference LIVE SPACE is well underway! he concept of LIVE SPACE is two-fold: first, it describes art that is happening in the moment, and second, art that is energetic, stimulating and electric. LIVE SPACE Twill be happening not only all over NEW YORK city but also in cities across the COUNTRY through blogging, YouTube, Twitter and live feeds. From live feeds for the Lifetime Achievement Awards and LIVE SPACE gala to performance art on YouTube to live art happenings in front of the Hilton, the WCA conference will be in the moment, exciting and electric. Conference dates: Thursday, February 10 – Saturday, February 12 Thursday will be jam-packed with Sunday includes the bus tour to WCA Conference Hotel – panels, performances, networking, Rutgers University to visit the First Come, First Served! and exhibitions, including the Brodsky Center for Innovative The Hilton New York at 1335 reception for JWAN’S Sanctuaries Editions, the Institute for Women Avenue of the Americas will be the in Time exhibit and the Young WCA and Art, and the Jane Voorhees 2011 WCA conference home base. performance of What Young Women Zimmerli Art Museum. Registration packets will be available Want. And, Monday is the national WCA at the WCA table in the main lobby: Friday will feature the WCA Video Board meeting at Barnard. Wed., Feb. 9, 5–7 pm; Thurs., Feb. Art Festival at noon followed by a 10, 7:30–9 am and 2–4 pm; Fri, Come network with WCA bus tour to the Sackler Center for Feb. 12, 7:30–9 am and 2–4 pm; members, experience “live space” Feminist Art, A.I.R. Gallery, a WCA Sat. 7:30–9 am. and be part of our thriving New New York members’ exhibition and York conversation on art and Reduced room rates available the Chelsea reception for Hidden activism. from Feb. 9–15. Room rates: $202 Cities, the national exhibition for a single/double and $20 for each juried by Lisa Phillips of the New REGISTER TODAY at http:// additional person. It is also the CAA Museum. nationalwca.org/conference/ hotel. currentconfer.html Saturday begins with the Chapter To reserve: visit www.hilton.com or Council meeting, followed by a full call (212) 586-7000. When booking day of TFAP panels and culminates online put NWC in the group/ with the Lifetime Achievement convention code box. Rate only Awards at the Hilton New York guaranteed until Jan. 12, 2011. and LIVE SPACE Gala at the American Folk Art Museum. See complete conference schedule on page 4. President’s Message by Janice Nesser-Chu Reflections on 2010 • Implementing online art submission tool and making 010 was an amazing year it available for chapter use. for the Women’s Caucus 2for Art. In my first • New fundraising paradigms Artlines column as President of WCA, I wrote that 2010 WCA’s accomplishments for 2010 include: would be a call to action for all • Lines of communication have been rebuilt and WCA members. I encouraged strengthened. you to join us, to participate, • Instituted bi-yearly calls between the WCA President to play an active role. Many and the Chapter Presidents. of you took up the call to be active participants in your • Re-evaluated the roles of the Regional VPs and organization. You volunteered strengthened lines of communication. in your chapters and in your • Developed and sent an all-member survey to better communities. You formed relationships and collaborations understand who our members are and assess their with other groups. You became active participants on needs. the national level, volunteering to lead or participate on • Created a Facebook site to keep members informed of committees and playing active roles in the planning and both WCA activities, and opportunities and issues for format of the 2011 WCA conference, LIVE SPACE, in women in the visual arts; additional FB sites for Young New York. Change and growth was the theme, and we WCA and a special WCA Calls for Art page were also drove it home. developed. A Strategic Planning committee was formed and • Began monthly email updates from the President to developed an initial set of goals for 2010–2015 to the membership along with monthly updates from the transform WCA from being primarily a membership and President to the national Board members. LAA awards-focused organization to an organization • Regional members’ forums were held in San Francisco that creates community through art, education, and in June and in New York in October. social activism. The committee developed strategies for implementation that included the following goals: • A new chapter is in the formation stages in New York. • To build WCA’s name recognition and presence at the • The move toward the summer Board meeting being national level and in the art community held in different regions, in order to be the impetus for regional dialogues, forums, gatherings and/or • To build WCA’s presence at the chapter and regional level conferences continues. The summer Board meeting • To establish WCA’s role as a clearing house for will be held in St. Louis in 2011. Plans for a regional information and resource sharing. open forum and the Art & Social Justice Midwest Conference are in the works. The committee established these deliverable for 2010: • Increased visibility of the President and Board Updates to our outward appearance have begun. through chapter forum in San Francisco, telephone • The monthly President’s update moved from a text conversations with Chapter Presidents, and town hall format to an e-newsletter format. meeting in Manhattan with members-at-large and • The newsletter was redesigned, and is now produced in near-by chapter members. a 4-color format. • Greater visibility and participation in the Lifetime • Changes to the front of the website were instituted, Achievement Awards through livestream broadcasting followed by changes to content and design of the of the ceremony, creating a host kit that chapters can interior pages. use to have LAA parties; creating an LAA Facebook page for news of parties, etc. • ISBN numbers were purchased so that all WCA Lifetime Achievement catalogs will have an official • Begin branding of WCA: updated logo, website, listing in library systems, and can be offered for sale brochure, blog, newsletter and letterhead. via online distributors. • Developing a strong affiliate presence with CAA during the February 2011 New York Conference New strategies for fundraising were implemented. • Developing Honorary and Advisory Committees • Re-evaluated past practices in order to create a development plan for the future. 2 || • Established a “WCA Honorary” committee that serves • Packets were developed for chapters to participate in as a foundation for support for WCA. the live-streaming of the LAA. • Established the 5-5-5-5-5 campaign that set goals for • A Twitter account was established to share information the President, the WCA Board, and the membership. in real time during the national conference. • Investigated avenues for corporate support and • A move away from traditional panels to open forums, matching funds. participatory panels, and networking was implemented. New paradigms for the national conferences continued We have worked hard. Many have put in countless to evolve to allow for greater participation and innovative hours. I thank every one of you for your hard work and programming. commitment to WCA. We have begun to build a new • Regional chapters and members were encouraged to foundation, but there is still much work to be done. We develop programs and panels. need you to continue to play an active role. We need • Caucuses were encouraged to develop programming. your ideas, your energy, your talent, and your passion. In 2011, renew your commitment. Join us in building the • Collaborations with other organizations and groups future of WCA. were implemented. East Coast Forum by Marilyn Hayes joined the group of women who gathered in New York City’s Folk Art Museum for the WCA East I Coast Forum on Sunday afternoon, October 24, 2011. WCA’s President, Jan Nesser, convened the Forum to give participants the opportunity to network, to hear about WCA and its focus on activism across the country, Forming a New York and to find out about WCA’s 2011 LIVE SPACE conference. They would also have the opportunity Chapter! to meet the National Board’s Executive Committee members. The Forum participants were a diverse group We are excited to announce the creation of a that included WCA’s East Coast chapter members from New York WCA Chapter. This chapter will allow Philadelphia and New England, New York area members- all in the NY area to meet regularly to network at-large, and East Coast women interested in WCA. Also and will also provide opportunities for group present were a member from Montana and Lifetime Achievement Awardee Ruth Weisberg from California, exhibitions. With such an amazing group of who were visiting New York. women artists in the area, we are confident The atmosphere in the room was electric. It began that this new chapter will produce many with refreshments and time for networking— making noteworthy exhibitions and performances. new connections and renewing existing ones. Next the group sat in a circle for presentations by WCA officers Join us and help us make sure that women and board members that engaged the group in the plans are more equally represented in New York’s and ideas for WCA’s future and for the 2011 LIVE incredible gallery and museum system.